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S&P 500 index futures surged in popularity in the past decade after the SEC's pattern day trading rule triggered an exodus of retail capital out of equities and into Globex, CME's 24-hour electronic trading platform.

The dollar added to its sharp gains for the quarter, stoking worries about earnings for U.S. multinationals. S&P 500 earnings are expected to have declined by 2.8 percent in the first quarter from a year ago, Thomson Reuters data showed.

"For those worrying about the broader market, it is worthwhile to note that Energy now is the highest beta sector in the S&P 500 and one of the highest industry groups (see Figure 13 and 14) and thus weakness could drag down the S&P 500 somewhat as ...

(Bloomberg) -- The dollar's ascent has become steep enough to create an obstacle for the bull market in stocks, according to Carmine Grigoli, chief investment strategist at Mizuho Financial Group Inc.'s U.S.

The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the components of the S&P 500 index, Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG) is now the #82 analyst pick, moving up by 3 spots.

American stock opened Tuesday at $52.64, up 5% from Monday's close. Joining the S&P is seen by some as a boon for stocks because components benefit from being bought up by funds that track the index such as the mammoth Vanguard 500 or State ...

The most recent short interest data has just been released by the NASDAQ for the 03/13/2015 settlement date, and we here at Dividend Channel have sifted through this fresh data and screened out these five S&P 500 stocks. A metric we find particularly ...